UEC European Track Championships

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European Champion jersey until 2015

The European Track Cycling Championships are a set of elite level competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists, and regulated by the European Cycling Union (UEC). They were first held in their current format in 2010, when elite level cyclists competed for the first time following an overhaul of European track cycling.

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In line with cycling tradition, winners of an event at the championships are presented with, in addition to the gold medal, a special, identifiable jersey. This UEC European Champion jersey is a white and blue jersey with gold stars. Gold stars on a blue background have been an identifiably European symbol since the adoption of the Flag of Europe by the Council of Europe.

Founding of the modern Elite Championships

In 2010 the UEC instigated a significant overhaul of how cyclists qualify for the Olympic Games. As a result, the European Championships was also introduced for elite level European cyclists. The first elite championships thereafter took place at the beginning of November 2010. It followed the same ten event schedule for the 2012 Olympics but also included the Madison "due to popular demand". [1] Over the following decade the event grew to include a full programme of World Championship disciplines.

Prior to 2010, championship events were run under the same name, but solely for junior and under-23 cyclists, and the 2010 event is therefore recognised as the first elite level senior championships. The first European Track Championships of any description were held in Berlin in 1886 and featured only 5 km and 10 km men's scratch races. [2] Since 2010, separate annual European championships for under-23 and junior riders have continued, but described explicitly as such.

The most successful nation since the inauguration of the elite event is Great Britain, the event's genesis coinciding with Britain's rise to dominance in world track cycling. The most successful individual rider in the history of the Elite event is Katie Archibald of Great Britain, who has won, as of the 2023 UEC European Track Championships, 20 European titles. Among nations in the championships, aside from Great Britain itself, only Russia, Germany, Netherlands and France have won more gold medals than Archibald.

Other European track cycling competitions

The UEC agreed with the governing bodies of six other major European sports from 2018 to integrate its four Olympic-class events, including track cycling, into the new European Championships event on a quadrennial basis. Beginning with 2018, every fourth edition of the competition will form part of the multi-sport event.

While track cycling also forms part of the 2019 European Games in Minsk, these events are not regarded as European Championships but as the Cycling programme of the European Games, and the UEC event will also be held later in the same year. Conversely, the events held in Glasgow in 2018, and Munich in 2022 as part of the multi-sport European Championships are treated as official UEA championships

Elite Competitions (2010-present)

Editions

NumberYearDateCountryCityVelodromeEvents
1 2010 5–7 NovemberFlag of Poland.svg  Poland Pruszków BGŻ Arena 11
2 2011 21–23 OctoberFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Apeldoorn Omnisport Apeldoorn 13
3 2012 19–21 OctoberFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Panevėžys Cido Arena [3] 13
4 2013 18–20 OctoberFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Apeldoorn Omnisport Apeldoorn [4] 13
5 2014 16–19 OctoberFlag of France.svg  France Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe Vélodrome Amédée Détraux 19
6 2015 14–18 OctoberFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Grenchen Velodrome Suisse 21
7 2016 19–23 OctoberFlag of France.svg  France Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines 22
8 2017 18–22 OctoberFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Berlin Velodrom 23
9 2018 [a] 2–7 AugustFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Glasgow Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome 22
10 2019 16–20 OctoberFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Apeldoorn Omnisport Apeldoorn 22
11 2020 11–15 NovemberFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Plovdiv Kolodruma 22
12 2021 5–9 OctoberFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Grenchen Tissot Velodrome 22
13 2022 [b] 11–16 AugustFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Munich Neue Messe München 22
14 2023 8–12 FebruaryFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Grenchen Tissot Velodrome22
15 2024 10–14 JanuaryFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Apeldoorn Omnisport Apeldoorn 22
16 2025 12–16 FebruaryFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Heusden-Zolder Velodroom Limburg  [ nl ]22

Venues

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2010
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2011, 2013, 2019, 2024
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2012
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2016
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2015, 2021, 2023
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2017
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2022
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2018
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2020
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Medals (2010–2025)

Source: [5] [6]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 574032129
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 474738132
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 442737108
4Flag of France.svg  France 323738107
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 31303293
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 27292581
7Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1112831
8Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 10171239
9Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 98724
10Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 8172247
11Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 810725
12Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 63817
13Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 52815
14Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 491427
15Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 4105
16Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 37616
17Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 27615
18Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1247
19Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1113
Individual Neutral Athletes 1012
20Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0336
21Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 0112
22Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0101
23Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 0011
Totals (23 entries)311311311933

Most successful riders

Below is a table of the most successful male and female riders at the European Track Cycling Championships from 2010 onwards. The most successful rider of either sex is Katie Archibald, with 20 European titles and 26 medals; in the history of the Championships, only Germany, Netherlands, France, Italy and Russia, in addition to her own nation, have won more gold medals than Archibald. The most successful male athlete is Dutch sprinter Jeffrey Hoogland on 14 gold medals and 18 medals total, the same numbers as Archibald's Madison and team pursuit partner Laura Kenny. Kenny was the first rider to reach ten championship jerseys, a feat only equalled by Archibald, their fellow Brit Elinor Barker, Hoogland, and Russian sprint pair Anastasia Voynova and Daria Shmeleva.

up to date after 2023 UEC European Track Championships.

Male

NoAthleteNationGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotalYearsEvents
1 Jeffrey Hoogland Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1522192015-2024Team sprint, sprint, Kilo and keirin
2 Harrie Lavreysen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1212152017-2024Team sprint, sprint and keirin
3 Ben Thomas Flag of France.svg  France 924152014-2023Team pursuit, Points race, Scratch race and omnium
4 Elia Viviani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 813122012-2022Team pursuit, Points Race, Eliminator, omnium and Madison
5 Maximilian Levy Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 62192010-2020Team sprint, sprint and keirin
Sebastián Mora Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 60172015-2022Scratch race, Points race, Madison and omnium.
Andy Tennant Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 60062010-2016Team pursuit, individual pursuit.

Female

NoAthleteNationGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotalYearsEvents
1 Katie Archibald Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2051262013-2023Team pursuit, individual pursuit, Scratch race, points race,

Eliminator, omnium and Madison.

2 Laura Kenny Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1431182010-2020Team pursuit, Scratch race, Eliminator, omnium and Madison.
3 Anastasia Voynova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1362212012-2021Team sprint, sprint and 500 m time trial
4 Daria Shmeleva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1236212012-2021Team sprint, sprint, keirin and 500 m time trial
5 Elinor Barker Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1021132013-2023Team pursuit, Eliminator, Madison and Scratch race.

Golden 'hat-tricks'.

No rider has won four gold medals at a single championships. The following riders have won a 'hat-trick' of three gold medals at a single championships on at least one occasion, the first being the Russian sprinter Anastasia Voynova in 2014: Katie Archibald of Great Britain has achieved the feat on three separate occasions, a record, with three different combinations of events, and is the only rider to achieve such a 'hat-trick' without winning gold in either the team pursuit or team sprint. The most hat-tricks claimed in one championships was in the 2023 championships when Archibald and sprinters Harrie Lavreysen of the Netherlands, and Lea Friedrich of Germany won three golds apiece. Uniquely, all three won their respective 'Olympic' trebles by winning all three available golds in their Olympic events - Team pursuit, Omnium and Madison for Archibald, Team sprint, sprint and keirin for Lavreysen and Friedrich, a feat achieved by no rider prior to 2023. Lavreysen repeated his hat-trick in 2024, the first rider to do an 'Olympic' hat-trick twice.

Riders are listed in order of their first 'hat-trick':

RiderNationHat-tricksYearsEvents
Anastasia Voynova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2 2014 Sprint, Team sprint, 500m TT
2019Sprint, Team sprint, 500m TT
Jeffrey Hoogland Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 22015Sprint, Team sprint, Kilo
2021Team sprint, Keirin, Kilo
Katie Archibald Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 32016Team pursuit, Pursuit, Elimination race
2021Omnium, Madison, Scratch race
2023Team pursuit, Omnium, Madison
Harrie Lavreysen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 22023Sprint, Team sprint, Keirin
2024Sprint, Team sprint, Keirin
Laura Kenny Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 12016Team pursuit, Omnium, Scratch race
Daria Shmeleva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 12018Sprint, Team sprint, 500m TT
Emma Hinze Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 12022Sprint, Team sprint, 500m TT
Lea Friedrich Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 12023Sprint, Team sprint, Keirin

Most successful in each event

22 Events are held as part of the European championships. The table below summarises the most successful athlete and nation in each of the 22 separate events. The numbers in parentheses represent the number of golds, silvers and bronze respectively won by the athlete or nation in that specific event. Athletes and nations are differentiated in the standard way, first by number of golds, then silvers, then bronze medals. Although both the Omnium and Madison had stand alone championships prior to 2010, only those contested at the European Track Cycling Championships from that year forward are included.

The most dominant rider in a single event is Laura Kenny who has won the women's team pursuit on eight occasions. This is also the event where a single nation is most dominant; Great Britain have won nine of the editions of the team pursuit, and medalled on a further two occasions. Kenny is also the most dominant rider in any event for individual riders, with four gold and two silver medals across various editions of the omnium. The records for medals in a single event is the 13 medals won by Russia in the 500 metre time trial.

Katie Archibald holds the unique distinction of having been a European Champion across seven different events; team pursuit (7), individual pursuit (4), Scratch race (1), points race (1), Eliminator (1), omnium (4) and madison (2).

This table does not include freestanding senior European Championships held prior to the 2010 UEC European Track Championships. Up to date after 2023 UEC European Track Championships.

EventMenWomen
Best Male AthleteBest Nation (male)Best Female AthleteBest Nation (female)
Team Sprint (men/women)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jeffrey Hoogland  (NED) (7/0/1)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (7/0/1)Flag of Russia.svg  Anastasiia Voinova  (RUS) (7/1/1)

Flag of Russia.svg  Daria Shmeleva  (RUS)

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (8/1/1)
Sprint (men/women)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jeffrey Hoogland  (NED) (3/2/0)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (6/4/1)Flag of Russia.svg  Anastasiia Voinova  (RUS) (3/4/0)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (4/5/2)
Keirin (men/women)Flag of Germany.svg  Maximillian Levy  (GER) (3/0/0)

Flag of the Netherlands.svg Harrie Lavreysen (NED)

Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (6/2/1)Flag of Germany.svg  Lea Friedrich  (GER) (4/1/0)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (6/2/1)
Kilo/500m (men/women)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jeffrey Hoogland  (NED) (4/0/0)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (5/2/1)Flag of Russia.svg  Daria Shmeleva  (RUS) (4/1/2)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (7/2/4)
Team pursuit (men/women)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Andy Tennant  (GBR) (5/0/0)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (6/2/5)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Laura Kenny  (GBR) (8/0/0)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (9/2/1)
Individual pursuit (men/women)Flag of Italy.svg  Jonathan Milan  (ITA) (2/1/0)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (3/3/1)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Katie Archibald  (GBR) (4/1/1)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (6/2/4)
Points Race (men/women)Flag of France.svg  Benjamin Thomas  (FRA) (3/1/0)Flag of France.svg  France (4/2/2)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Kirsten Wild  (NED) (2/0/0)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lotte Kopecky (BEL)
Flag of Italy.svg Maria Giulia Confalonieri (ITA)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (2/4/0)
Scratch race (men/women)Flag of Spain.svg  Sebastian Mora  (ESP) (2/0/0)Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal (3/0/0)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Kirsten Wild  (NED) (1/1/1)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (3/3/0)
Omnium (men/women)Flag of Italy.svg  Elia Viviani  (ITA) (2/1/1)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (3/1/3)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Laura Kenny  (GBR) (4/2/0)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (8/3/0)
Madison (men/women)Flag of Spain.svg  Albert Torres  (ESP) (3/1/0)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (3/1/0)Flag of Denmark.svg  Amalie Dideriksen  (DEN) (2/1/1)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Julie Leth  (DEN)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (3/1/2)
Elimination (men/women)Flag of Italy.svg  Elia Viviani  (ITA) (2/0/0)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Matthew Walls  (GBR)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (2/1/0)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Kirsten Wild  (NED) (3/0/0)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Lotte Kopecky  (BEL)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (3/3/1)

Juniors and U23's and Open Omnium

Exclude Men's Open Madison events from 2001 to 2009 and include Open Omnium events from 2001 to 2009.

NumberYearCountryCityEvents
as European Track Championships
1 2001 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Brno (Under 23)
Fiorenzuola d'Arda (Junior)
25
2 2002 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Buttgen 27
3 2003 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Moscow 32
4 2004 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Valencia 32
5 2005 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Fiorenzuola d'Arda 32
6 2006 Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Athens 32
7 2007 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Cottbus 33
8 2008 Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Pruszków 37
9 2009 Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Minsk 37
as UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior)
10 2010 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Saint Petersburg 38
11 2011 Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Anadia 38
12 2012 Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Anadia 38
13 2013 Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Anadia 38
14 2014 Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Anadia 38
15 2015 Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Athens 38
16 2016 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Montichiari 38
17 2017 Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Sangalhos 44
18 2018 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Aigle 44
19 2019 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Ghent 44
20 2020 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Fiorenzuola d'Arda 44
21 2021 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Apeldoorn 44
22 2022 Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Anadia 44

2023 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior)

Championnats d'Europe de cyclisme sur piste juniors et espoirs 2024

Medals (2001–2024)

Exclude Men's Open Madison events from 2001 to 2009 and include Open Omnium events from 2001 to 2009.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 162135123420
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1347079283
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 11910695320
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 112118103333
5Flag of France.svg  France 9011296298
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 546172187
7Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 417684201
8Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 415448143
9Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 39252387
10Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 313146108
11Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 16222260
12Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 15131139
13Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 12132954
14Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 891835
15Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 6151839
16Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 517830
17Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 510621
18Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 47819
19Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 46414
20Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2125
21Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 2002
22Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 1214
23Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1113
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1113
25Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1102
26Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0022
27Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 0011
Totals (27 entries)9069069012,713

Disciplines

The historic results in each discipline can be found at the relevant link below:-

Current disciplines - Men
Current disciplines - Women

Notes

References

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